amóinia

Irish

Alternative forms

  • amóin

Etymology

Borrowed from English ammonia, from Latin sal ammoniacus (salt of Amun, ammonium chloride), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt.

Noun

amóinia f (genitive singular amóinia)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) ammonia

Declension

Declension of amóinia (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative amóinia
vocative a amóinia
genitive amóinia
dative amóinia
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an amóinia
genitive na hamóinia
dative leis an amóinia
don amóinia

Mutation

Mutated forms of amóinia
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amóinia n-amóinia hamóinia not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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